PLAN A CLASS LESSON TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION / TOPIC IN YOUR SUBJECT OF CHOICE (MATHS, BM, ENGLISH, VISUAL ART, SASTERA) :

1. Mount Rushmore, USA.

http://www.nps.gov/moru/

The faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln are carved into the face of Mount Rushmore, forming the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.

Talk about this great monument. Watch pictures taken from different angles.

Question: If you were to choose three of Malaysia’s greatest Prime Ministers and curve their faces on our limestone hills whom would you choose and why? Give reasons for your choices.

Write our your ideas, discuss in your groups and finally make a presentation.

http://search.gallery.yahoo.com/search/corbis?p=rushmore

2. Mount Everest Expedition

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first two (1953). Since them, 1,200 men and women from 63 nations have reached the summit. What does it take to stand on top of the world?

a.     http://www.k2news.com/lesson1.htm

You are about to embark on an exciting educational experience that will take you halfway around the world to a small country is South Asia known as Nepal. This learning experience will allow you to participate in some of the latest internet technologies using maps, video, and animated design to learn about the people and culture of Nepal as well as virtually follow a team of mountaineers on an adventurous climb up the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest.

Look for information about Nepal. Are there any similarities between their cultures and ours?

Roddy Mackenzie

b.     http://www.nationalgeographic.com/everest/index.html

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/04/gk2/climbmountain.html

It is important to encourage young children to think about what it takes to be really good at an activity, whether schoolwork, a sport, or a hobby. In this lesson, students will think about the skills and qualities required to be a good mountain climber and read about renowned climber Ed Viesturs and his experiences in the Himalaya mountains, especially Mount Everest. Finally, students will consider how studying mountain climbing has taught them about what it takes to be good at their own favorite activities. This lesson plan can be used in conjunction with the National Geographic site Everest celebrating the 50th Anniversary Everest Expedition, which was made possible in part by the generous support of American International Group, Inc.

Plan an expedition to a hill station – Gunung Tahan, Gunung Jerai, Gunung Kinabalu, Gunung Ledang.

Make a detail plan. Specify how much money the school is giving them per person so that they can budget.

Get into the Internet to get information.

Write out the plan in proper BM or BI.

Make a presentation.

3. Aviation

Wright brothers airplane patent - March 23, 1903 - First US patent, based on their 1902 glider, applied for. It was issued on May 22, 1906. http://aerofiles.com/chrono.html

How can you connect this information with our Aerospace Development in Malaysia?

Ibn Firnas of Islamic Spain invented, constructed and tested a flying machine in the 800's A.D. Roger Bacon learned of flying machines from Arabic references to Ibn Firnas' machine. The latter's invention antedates Bacon by 500 years and Da Vinci by some 700 years.

http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/sciencehistory.htm

Islamic contributions to science is enormous. What are the evidences available today? What can we do so that evidences today can be collected and documented for future references?

4. Tornadoes

Did you watch Discovery channel? Get a video on the story of the town Jerrell.

May 27, 1997 2:50 PM F5
A devastating tornado touched down in Jarrell and killed 27 people in this small central Texas town. Although television stations scrolled tornado warnings 30 minutes in advance, and sirens went off, there were few places to go for safety. Most, if not all, homes were on slabs, with no basements to shelter in. Whole families died. Some meteorologists who have seen photos of the damage have said that they have never seen house foundations that were swept as clean. The death total was delayed several days because of the condition of the bodies, which were difficult to identify. This was one of the worst tornadoes in Texas in many, many years. A $20,000,000 damage total was estimated.

http://www.tornadoproject.com/

October 12, 1997
At least 15 and as many as 25 people were killed in Tongi, a town about 10-20 miles north of Dhaka in Bangladesh, when a tornado tore through the town. The World Congregation of Muslim Devotees was conducting a seminar on the banks of the Turag River, in a massive but frail tin-shed "pandal". The Dhaka paper reported that there were 80,000-100,000 people attending the seminar, but that it had just ended, and they were preparing to return to their homes. At least 1000, and as many as 5000 were injured--depending on whether you go by a government source or rescue workers at the scene. All the dead were clerics, many if not all quite elderly. The major cause of death was by flying debris, as corrugated iron roofing, bamboo stakes and other materials became airborn. Nine trucks full of dead or dying people were rushed to different hospitals. The Tongi Hospital was described as a "war clinic", with blood stained floors and corridors jammed with people wrapped in blankets, awaiting attention.

Do we have tornedoes and hurricanes in Malaysia? How can you relate these information to our thunderstorms? Which was the worst, longest monsoon rains?

The Storm Cellar
Come on down into the "storm cellar"! In Tornado Alley, a storm cellar is a safe place to shelter if there is a tornado--but on our site it is just a place to find some pretty cool stuff.

Below, you will find three rooms. All three have interesting stuff, but we will be adding to them as we are inclined and as we get new ideas.

Extra activity – go to this site and learn more about tornedoes.

Watch the movie: Tornedo, The hurricane.

5. Hurricane / Cyclone / Typhoon

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/whur0.htm

Happy New Year (2004) To All!!! No active tropical cyclone is present over the South China Sea & Northwest Pacific Basin at this time...

Go to USAToday.com and watch a simulation. Explain

Relate to activities in the seas around Malaysia.

http://www.typhoon2000.ph/

6. Titanic

The British luxury passenger liner Titanic sank on April 14-15, 1912, en route to New York City from Southampton, Eng., during its maiden voyage. The vessel sank with a loss of about 1,500 lives at a point about 400 miles (640 km) south of Newfoundland. http://search.eb.com/titanic/01_01.html

Grade Level: Secondary Mathematics

Note to Instructors:This webquest is designed for students with some familiarity with the use of spreadsheets for creating tables and graphs and the use of databases for gathering information. If this is not the case with your students, some class time will be needed to demonstrate the application of these tools prior to assigning the webquest project.

http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/titanic.html

http://titanic.gov.ns.ca/

7. Time zones

http://www.timeticker.com/main.htm

http://www.worldtime.com/cgi-bin/wt.cgi?cnt=1994677&ID=a91456e0c5

How can you use the day and night with the information from the net?

Find a web site that shows real time day and night.

Explain rotation and how time difference are calculated.

Relate to prayer time and differences in time during puasa month.

8. Wetlands of Malaysia

http://www.payaindah.org.my/

What are wetlands? Where in Malaysia do we have wetlands? There are two very important internationally recognized wetlands in Malaysia known as Ramsar Sites. Which are these?

http://www.ramsar.org/wwd98_malaysia.htm

Go to Wetlands Payaindah in Sepang and detail out what kind of activities you can do there.

Saving our wetlands

http://www.ecologyasia.com/NewsArchives/jun2003/thestar_20030522_1.htm

What have we done to conserve wetlands? List out some activities undertaken by NGOs in Malaysia, and government agencies.

What have some schools done?

What can we do to help?